New National Space Transportation Policy

Keith’s note: “Secretary of War” is mentioned 14 times and is mentioned before NASA in a sentence – NASA is mentioned 11 times. Both agencies are clearly surgically attached to one another in this policy. According to The National Space Transportation Policy: “Access to, from, and within space is a vital national and economic security interest. American space transportation capabilities underpin the global economy, and commercial space innovation flourishes with affordable, reliable, and safe space transportation. The United States must establish and maintain space transportation capabilities that ensure access to the full range of orbital regimes relevant to United States interests, from suborbital and very-low Earth orbit altitudes to the lunar surface, Lagrange points, and deep space. By 2030, our space transportation ranges must grow to support more than 1,000 launches and reentries every year. The policies set forth in this memorandum will secure America’s continued superiority in space.”